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I kind of knew this was coming since they started the whole "you can win anyone's voice" a few months ago but it still hurts.

I was *literally* just thinking about that as I listened to the last episode the other day. I started with "I wonder why they stopped offering his voice as the prize" and then, sadly, my mind did drift to "I hope he's just enjoying a relaxing retirement". But then I started thinking about how little effort it takes to record a greeting, and my mind went down a darker path. Sad to see that theory confirmed. With all due respect to Bill Kurtis, there was just something special about WWDTM when Carl was the host.

Carl's final show can still be heard here. I think I may give it a listen tonight.

Oh. goddamn. that actually makes me kind of sad.
i knew she was sick and was only asking to be made comfortable as opposed to treatments to try to make her live longer.

i hope that i am able to face my death with such calmness.

There is no cure for congestive heart failure, they just make you really miserable trying to keep you alive; there is more peace in passing than the suffering in trying to stay alive. Godspeed, she was a really tough lady. The photo of her holding a baby with HIV in the late-80s was groundbreaking. RIP, Mrs. Bush. https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/e...will-endure-us

Re: Avicii, it sounds like he might have just drank himself to death. The health issues he was having were chronic pancreatitis and having organs removed due to trouble associated with it. One of my dear friends just died this way at like 34.

i don't know why his death has gotten under my skin like this. i'd never heard his music until now. his tweets are so haunting and still there. so weird. someone so talented, so admired, so successful, and really fucking attractive ... the demons still won. it's too much.

mental illness needs to be put out there with cancer. it can't be a silent killer anymore. this is madness.